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(No Model.)

F. M. GARLAND.

PACKAGE 01j AMMUNITION. No. 513,567. Patented Jan. 30., 1894.

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FRANK M. GARLAND, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PACKAGE OF AMVUNIT'ION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,567, dated January 30, 1894.

Application filed April 3, 1893. Serial No. 468,922. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. GARLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packages of Ammunition, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specication.

The invention relates to the class of ammunition provided for rapid-fire machine guns; and the object is to provide such a package of ammunition that by means of it a large number of cartridges can be continuously fed into the gun and fired with great rapidity Without leading or otherwise fouling or damaging the barrels or impairing their efficiency.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an edge view of such a package. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the package unrolled. Fig. 3 is a plan view 'of the same. Fig. 4t is a detail enlarged plan of a small portion of such a package; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged section of one of the bullets used in the package.

In the views l indicates the body of the package which is formed of a flexible belt or strap of leather, webbing 0r other similar material having a suitable texture. To one surface of this belt are secured by prongs or rivets a number of clips 2 having spring arms for claspin g and holding with a yielding grasp the cartridges 3 and 4. These cartridges have shells formed in any common shape of brass or other suitable material, and are provided with bullet 3 and Il. The bullets 3 of the cartridges 3, are formed in the approved sh ape to the correct size to tit the rifling of the bar rels, so that when fired they take the proper motion to have the best possible ilight and penetration; while the bullets A of the cartridges 4, are somewhat smaller in diameter than the cartridges 3', and are provided with rings or bands 5 of brass, copper, or other similar metal, of different density from the bodies of the bullets. These bands are set into grooves in the bodies of the bullets, and are formed so that their exterior diameters are larger than the exterior diameters of the smaller bullets, and lit the rifling of the barrels so as to scrape them out when they are fired. it is preferred to secure a swab or cleaner @,of leather, cloth or other soft material to these bullets, by catching one edge under these rings, so that after the rings on the bullets have cleared the riding of the barrel of any fouling substance, the swab will follow and wipe and polish the barrel. These swabs maybe lubricated with oil, orsoaked with any other substance whereby they will grease the barrels when tired. Thelarger number of the cartridges of the package are provided with the bullets of the customary size and shape, while at intervals between these are placed the cleaning bullets, so that during tiring the barrels are periodically cleared of anything which would impair the accuracy or the efficiency of the firing. It the package is to be used with a gun having a single barrel, it is preferred to have one of these cleaning car tridges placed between every one, two or three hundred of the other cartridges of the package; whileif they are to be used in a twobarrel gun two of these cartridges can be placed at such intervals; and if used with a ten-barrel gun, ten of them can be placed together after the desired number of regular cartridges.

This package is simple, cheap and efficient, and when itis used with a gun, although subjected to very rapid fire the barrels are periodically cleaned by these cleaning bullets, so that a continuous Eire can be kept up without danger of leading or fouling the barrels, which, besides increasing the accuracy and efficiency, tends to lessen the heating of the barrels.

I claim as my inventionl. A package of ammunition, consisting of a body holding a number of cartridges, said cartridges having bullets of different diameters, the bullets of smaller diameter being provided with rings of metal of different density, the exterior diameters of said rings being larger than the exterior diameters of the smaller bullets, substantially as specified.

2. A package of ammunition, consisting of a body holding a number of cartridges, said cartridges having bullets of different diameters, the bullets of smaller diameter being provided with rings of metal of different density and cleaning swabs, the exterior diameters of the said rings being larger than the exterior diameters of the smaller bullets, substantially as speoied.

3. A package of ammunition, consisting of a flexible body holding a number of eartridges, said cartridges having bullets of different diameters, the bullets of smaller diameter being provided with rings of metal of different density and cleaning swabs held by ro the rings, the exterior diameters of said rings being the same asV the exterior diameters of the larger bullets, substantially as specified.

FRANK M. GARLAND. Witnesses:

S. W. WILSON, O. H. WEIDEMANN. 

